April Bunnell

<b>Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing.</b><p>They say it could help predict when a person will die, identify those at high-risk of dementia and could affect medicine, pensions and insurance.<p>The team at King's College London say looking at "biological …

It's no wonder we can't get out of bed in the morning: about 60 percent of Americans wake up feeling groggy at least a few times a week, according to the National Sleep Foundation survey.<p>To wake up feeling refreshed, there are plenty of things you can do before bed, like drinking chamomile tea and …

We know that our universe has already lived through great number of exciting phases. But new research released overnight shows the universe has long passed its peak and is slowly but surely dying.<p>The research was presented at the year’s largest gathering of astronomers at the International …

For many years I have been fielding questions on how to publish a book. Is it my imagination, though, or have the frequency and the intensity of the pleas for help and access increased? It is now a rare week in which I don't get sent a pitch for a historical ghost-mystery novel or a memoir about a …

Reports came out earlier this year that the next iPhones will have Force Touch -- a feature that makes it easy to access particular content or functions by pressing down on a pressure-sensitive screen with haptic feedback. Now, <i>9to5mac</i> has more details about the feature, which was introduced on the …

After falling in the 1990s, the number of poor people living in high-poverty areas has been growing fast.<p>Half a century after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty, the number of Americans living in slums is rising at an extraordinary pace.<p>The number of people living in high-poverty …

There is a voice in my head that tells me I am constantly on the verge of a catastrophe. Mysteriously, over the last few weeks a new voice has emerged, and it's telling the first one to shut the fuck up.<p>Someone asked me if it gets better and I said <i>yes</i> and they said <i>how?</i> and I got silent.<p>The truth is …

Even after I knew that I wanted to quit my job, I stayed stuck for three years trying to answer a simple question: If not this job, what else should I be doing? I knew I no longer wanted to be an engineer at Microsoft but was clueless about what I should be doing instead. It wasn't until I finally …

Back in March, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer identified artificial intelligence as one of the social network's three big bets on the future.<p>The problem: Facebook's more than 1 billion users are putting more pictures, video, and <i>stuff</i> on the platform than we can keep track of, he said.<p>Artificial …

<i>"Unravelling and Unravelled"</i><p>On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant, thus ending the Civil War. On April 9, 2015, artist Sonya Clark began unraveling the Confederate Flag.<p>"It’s not an easy task. This is the thing. It’s not an easy thing to …

I was supposed to review the Apple Watch. That was the plan, but then, when Engadget had its first chance to test the device, I was on vacation. Specifically, I was in France, where I ran the Paris Marathon, my sixth 26.2-mile race in five years. As it happens, our Editor-in-Chief Michael wrote a …

The USB-C port first introduced by Apple in the new 12-inch MacBook looks likely to be used across the MacBook range as Intel has adopted the standard for Thunderbolt 3.<p>Thunderbolt was developed to simultaneously support the fastest data and most video bandwidth available on a single cable, while …

In Australian photographer Matthew (Matty) Smith's series <i>Over/Under</i>, he simultaneously captures life above and below sea level. The gorgeous shots showcase our familiar world of sunsets, trees, and seagulls in the top halves of the photos, while the bottom portions feature intriguing sights of …

Windows 10 is different. While Microsoft aggressively tracked down leaked builds of Windows Vista and Windows 7, the software giant has opened its doors to let anyone test Windows 10 through a process that’s not normally public. It’s a change that has allowed everyone to judge and critique Windows …

Taking things to dizzying new heights, the national park of Zhangjiajie in China's Hunan province — said to be the inspiration behind planet Pandora in <i>Avatar</i>— is set to open the world's longest, as well as highest, glass-bottom bridge.<p>Designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan, the Zhangjiajie Grand …

Many flights come equipped with wifi, but with its latest safety video, Delta is bringing even more of the internet to the skies.<p>Featuring 23 different memes, the video provides an entertaining spin on the otherwise boring instructions for seat belts and emergency exits that precedes all …

Storm chaser Mike Hollingshead took these images of dangerous severe weather storms in Nebraska. Amazingly, Hollingshead created the GIFs from single photos (not time-lapses or videos) using Photoshop.

<b>(CNN) —</b> Americans have a complicated relationship with alone time. Though we often feel a constant connection because of social media, the fact is, we're more on our own than ever: More than 50 percent of American adults are single, and some 27 million people live alone. In 1950, just 22 percent of …

An iPhone 6 takes around two hours to charge but could be full of power in a minute if fitted with a new aluminium battery<p>Smartphones could be charged in less than one minute after scientists at Stanford University invented an aluminium battery so powerful it could revolutionise the industry.<p>The …